Asia University

Karl Jaspers, a German philosopher, believed that an ideal university must have three features- academic teaching, scientific research, and a creative cultural life, which exactly are what we have been pursuing for years since the establishment of the school. In the past of 16 years, AU has demonstrated excellence in academic performance, and was r... anked as thefirst in many higher education evaluations conducted by the Ministry of Education (MOE). It was not onlyevaluated as the best among newly-established universities in Taiwan, but also granted honored projectsfrom the MOE, the so-called Program for Promoting Teaching Excellence Universities, for 12 yearsconsecutively. Meanwhile, AU has earned international reputation by several world university rankings. or example, according to the Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2014, AUwas ranked the 53rd among the top 100 universities. Furthermore, AU was evaluated as the 99th in the100 best universities under 50 years in the world, and the 83th among the top 100 universities in Asiaalso by the Times Higher Education Ranking. To improve the quantity and quality of research outputs, AU has established research centers in each college such as the Center for Food Safety, the T-DNA Tagged Rice Service Center, and the Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms Research Center in the College of Medical and Health Science. Also found in AU are the Center for Semantic Biomedical Computing in the College of Information and Electrical Engineering; the Center for Leisure lndustry and Rural Tourism in the College of Management; the Internet Addiction Prevention Center in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences; and the Center for Animation and Game Development in the College of Creative Design. As a comprehensive university, AU also centers on creating an aesthetic campus and cultural atmosphere. Specifically, AU offers a space for teaching, research, and creation by inviting the world renowned architect, Tadao Ando, to design the Asia Museum of Modern Art in ...Read More